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Attribuita a Mahāvīra

«Live and let live.»

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Non si trova nell'opera di Mahāvīra

A slogan widely spread as a summary of Mahāvīra's teaching (in Hindi, "jiyo aur jīne do"), present on posters, stamps and twentieth-century celebrations. It is not a quotation from any canonical text; it condenses the doctrine of non-violence in a modern formula.

Fonte: Dundas, Paul. The Jains. 2.ª ed. Londres / Nueva York: Routledge, 2002 (Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices). ISBN 9780415266055.

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Parole verificate di Mahāvīra

  • «All breathing, existing, living, sentient creatures should not be slain, nor treated with violence, nor abused, nor tormented, nor driven away.»

    Ācārāṅga I.4.1.1; trad. de Hermann Jacobi, SBE 22 (1884), verificada en el texto; versión española del investigador; palabras que el canon atribuye a Mahāvīra

  • «All beings are fond of life, like pleasure, hate pain, shun destruction, like life, long to live. To all life is dear.»

    Ācārāṅga I.2.3.4; trad. de Hermann Jacobi, SBE 22 (1884), verificada en el texto; versión española del investigador; palabras que el canon atribuye a Mahāvīra

  • «Man! Thou art thy own friend; why wishest thou for a friend beyond thyself?»

    Ācārāṅga I.3.3.4; trad. de Hermann Jacobi, SBE 22 (1884), verificada en el texto; versión española del investigador; palabras que el canon atribuye a Mahāvīra

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